In fact, the text unobtrusively introduces the prepositions under, behind, inside and between, and four colours, green, yellow, blue and brown, but the story is nice and simple, and features the repeated phrase: ‘Shhh… You mustn’t tell.’

Instead of having to go outside into the dark night to look at the stars, Blue Elephant can lie on the bed and contemplate a starry mobile that Max has made for them all.